Franken seeks answers from DOJ on transgender murders

[Ayla]

Amid a record number of anti-trans murders throughout the country, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is seeking answers from the Obama administration on reporting of the violence and the extent to which the federal government is working with local authorities.

In a letter dated Oct. 21, the junior senator from Minnesota calls on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey to take action. “I write to express serious concern about the alarming number of homicides and violent crimes targeting transgender and gender nonconforming people,” Franken writes. “I strongly urge the U.S. Department of Justice to work with state and local authorities in the investigation and prosecution of these incidents, and to redouble its efforts to ensure the accurate reporting of all bias-motivated crimes.”   

www.washingtonblade.com/2015/10/21/franken-seeks-answers-from-doj-on-transgender-murders/#sthash.slfYgsOZ.dpuf   

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Aside from my trans issues and what is closest to my heart like trans issues. Let's discuss murders period. The DOJ is a joke in the Obama administration. Black lives matter, trans lives matter gay lives matter, cop's lives matter, truck driver's lives matter, musician's lives matter and pretty much everyone's life matters. From the cashier at Wal-Mart to POTUS. From white to black to yellow to brown to red and all variations. Freakin' life matters. Period.

With that said. It shouldn't matter sexual orientation, gender identity, race or job. All lives matter. Yeah transgender murders could be a hate crime but isn't all murder a form of hate? A weapon has saved me more than one time in my life. Murderers are predators. Maybe we should be enabled to protect ourselves. I carry a .25 caliber pistol in my purse when I go out en femme. It is enough to scare someone that has ill intent in their heart. Yes I do have a ccw permit. If I am male I don't carry. 9 mils cause much more damage than a .25 but pull the .25 cal and then it all changes. Most assholes don't want to get wounded so they will leave you alone even if they have the more powerful weapon.